Medicine for a Minister
Anon
Genre: | Reportage, Spoof |
Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Politics, Government, Medical Treatment, Mental Illness |
Describes a 'highly respectable meeting of general practitioners' convened to oppose the Home Secretary James R G Graham's medical bill. Practitioners agree that Graham is mad and argue for various treatments including 'shaving the head', 'venesection', a 'low diet', and leeching. |
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